A Question About Motor Oil

June 15, 2005

Hello,

As a complete Toyota newbie I would be curious to find out about the recommended motor oil for a Corolla.

I asked my local Toyota dealer and they told me that they use a Toyota brand oil, semi-syn 10W-40. I was rather surprised with their answer as I was almost sure that everyone use fully syn at this time.

I could not find much info about the Toyota oil, and could not find any comparison to the other oil manufacturers.

Could anyone tell me more about this? Thank you.

June 15, 2005

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June 17, 2005

For a Corolla such as yours I would use Semi synthetic 10W 40

For cars such as yours this would be perfect.

However my warning would be to still change the oil twice a year/a least every 5000 miles (which ever is sooner) as I think the recent recommendations of Once a year or every 10,000 mile is just way to long for long engine life.

This 'long' oil change interval seems to be the norm with every manufacturer these days, I would sooner be safe (for an extra £25quid or so a year) than sorry :yes: